Kat Halstead Common Sense Media Nov 3, 2026 3/5

This stylish heavy metal horror is a solid follow-up to director Sean Byrne's celebrated debut, The Loved Ones.

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Matt Orozco Macabre Daily Jul 2, 2026

"The Devil’s Candy" succeeds because it delivers that evil to your home with the same fear that the characters have in the film, and it’s unrelenting in its tension...

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Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh May 12, 2023 3/5

If haunted house movies are your things or you enjoy horror films where the perfect family can be dismantled by demonic forces, The Devil’s Candy will definitely be for you.

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Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants Jan 10, 2022

Fundamentally disturbed

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Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts Apr 26, 2021 8/10

It really grabbed me and pulled me in... this has to be the most disturbing, amazing film I've watched this year.

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Emilie Black Cinema Crazed Apr 17, 2020 4/5

The film is great and done with a boatload of talent, bringing the scares in a creeping in way that builds things up at a steady pace and makes the film stand out in terms of delivering on its promises ...

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Victor Stiff Goomba Stomp Mar 30, 2020

The Devil's Candy features a tight script, solid performances, and a riveting premise that proves Byrne dodged the sophomore jinx.

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Joey Keogh Wicked Horror Oct 7, 2019 10/10

[The Devil's Candy] manages to be moving, involving, terrifying, funny, sad and instantly memorable - often all at once.

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Zoe Rose Smith Zobo With A Shotgun Sep 14, 2019 5/5

The Devil's Candy carefully burns one end of the candle, creating a hellish canvas which has been tarnished by the brush of evil. The descent into child sacrifice is a soulless and disturbing affair, one that can only find saviour in...

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C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore May 6, 2019 4.5/5

Director Sean Byrne brings the supernatural straight into collision with utterly human, family drama with an innovative twist.

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Stephen Saito Moveable Fest Nov 13, 2018

The question lingers whether Byrne will send his characters to purgatory, he leaves no such doubt about the film being fun as hell.

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Harris Dang The AU Review Nov 2, 2018 3.5/5

The Devil's Candy is fitting proof that director Sean Byrne is no one-trick pony and can deftly change genres with skill and verve.

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Molly Henery The Blogging Banshee Nov 2, 2018 9/10

The Devil's Candy is a haunting film that perfectly melds disturbing events, satanic forces, dark imagery, and metal.

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Marisa Mirabal HorrorNews.net Oct 17, 2018 4/5

...a singular serving of satanic sweetness that left me craving more...

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Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com Feb 2, 2018 A-

[Pruitt Taylor Vince] knocks it out of the park in this movie. Just about every time he walked on frame he just gave me chills. He's such an unsettling presence in this film.

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Joe Reid Decider Dec 20, 2017

It's one of the scariest movies you can stream.

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Ian Barr Cinema Scope Oct 16, 2017

Sadly, the film whiffs the baroque climactic good-versus-evil confrontation and trots out too many clichs getting there.

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Dustin Putman TheFrightFile.com Sep 20, 2017 2.5/4

"The Devil's Candy" is smart genre filmmaking, a taut juggling of the menacing and the character-centric.

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John Noonan FILMINK (Australia) Sep 18, 2017

...a short, sharp shock of terror...

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Peg Aloi Arts Fuse Aug 8, 2017

Horror fans in search of a smarter-than-average thriller that will make their hearts race and their viscera quiver should not miss this one.

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